On 20 Feb 2010 at 9:04, LiverpoolLady wrote: > Bear with me : ) can anyone give me the site to the map that is shaded > to show the surname and the coverage of where the name originated. > Sorry not very good at explainin,clear as mud : ) > > Lesley Ü > Well, I'm glad you said it and not me! I agree that your articulation of facts and questions could bear some improvement. However, I think I know what you mean. There are at least two major reputable sources for surname research and their origins. However, before I continue, here's a HEALTH WARNING! Do NOT pay any attention whatsoever to those commercial outfits that infest shopping malls and the Internet and purport to flog you your "family coal of arms" and a nicely framed scroll allegedly with the history of your surname. These people are charlatans and I call them "bucket shop genealogists". If all you want is something pretty to hang on the living room wall, then OK, but don't take them seriously! For one thing, there is no such thing as a family coat of arms or coat of arms for a surname, moreover I have looked at some of their surname definitions and they are frequently wrong, sometimes hilariously so! Now, I think the website you want is called "spatial literacy" and it can be found at..... http://www.spatial-literacy.org/?page_id=40 It was taken over not long ago by the National Trust. There is also a brilliant CD-ROM called "Surname Atlas" which is produced by a friend of mine, Stephen Archer. This takes all the unique names (surnames AND forenames) from the 1881 census of Britain and produces instant coloured distribution maps of any surname and where it is most strongly resident in the UK. You can have hours of fun with this CD and at 12 quid it's one of the best bargains in genealogy (and, no, I am NOT getting a cut!). Look with Google for Archer Software and you'll find it. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Bear with me : ) can anyone give me the site to the map that is shaded to show the surname and the coverage of where the name originated. Sorry not very good at explainin,clear as mud : ) Lesley Ü <http://liverpoolady.weebly.com/> Liverpoolady Family History

Sorry, sent off-list instead on on-list. Bob Hills -----Original Message----- From: Mailing Lists [mailto:bobroots.bw@btinternet.com] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 14:04 To: 'LiverpoolLady' Subject: RE: [IoW] Help with surname ISAACS Please Lesley, A parent search on the IGI will find the older parts of the family: Don't enter anything in the name fields, enter father as John Isaacs and mother as Ann, Region British Isles, Country England and County Hampshire/Southampton. This will show 2 generations, the later on is probably the son John who presumably also married an Ann. The Hampshire OPC site; http://www.knightroots.co.uk/ and go to the parish of Rowner (registration district of Titchfield) and you will find a lot of ISAAC/S including the ones you are interested in. Hope that helps. Bob Hills -----Original Message----- From: isle-of-wight-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:isle-of-wight-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of LiverpoolLady Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:38 To: ISLE-OF-WIGHT- Subject: [IoW] Help with surname ISAACS Please Pretty Please can anyone help me get further back with this family, thank you for reading. Lesley 1841 Census Middleton Titchfield Fareham John ISAACS 40 Ag Lab Ann Isaacs 40 John Isaacs 14 William Isaacs 12 Harriet Isaacs 10 Mary Isaacs 8 Betsey Isaacs 5 Jane Isaacs 3 Charles Isaacs 10 Mo ************************************** You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pretty Please can anyone help me get further back with this family, thank you for reading. Lesley 1841 Census Middleton Titchfield Fareham John ISAACS 40 Ag Lab Ann Isaacs 40 John Isaacs 14 William Isaacs 12 Harriet Isaacs 10 Mary Isaacs 8 Betsey Isaacs 5 Jane Isaacs 3 Charles Isaacs 10 Mo

Hi Lesley, I may be able to help you with ISAACS as I do have them in my tree. It depends which family you are talking about - so a little more info would be helpful. Best wishes ........ Ros. On 16/02/2010, at 6:47 PM, LiverpoolLady wrote: > Pretty Please could sks look up the surname ISAACS please in poll > books or > street directories, many thanks. Lesley Ü > > <http://liverpoolady.weebly.com/> Liverpoolady Family History > > > > > ************************************** > You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: > Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-WIGHT- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks to the response to my plea and here is a bit more information Howard White the husband was born in Arizona, He served in the US Army, in Korea, The Pentagon, a recruiting office in Montana, Got married in Montana, When he left HQ Comlandjut, he was posted to Fort Ord in California. His wife Phylis (maiden name unknown) was of Finish extraction, and was a cheerleader. Her two children were named Daughgter Debbie (Deborah) she was born in the USA, and the son was born in Rendsburg Schleswig Holstein. and named Charles. I have tried the German records for births at the Krankenhaus in Rendsburg, but they did not keep a record of births for US military personnel. Nor could I find anything from the US Army Hospital in Bremerhaven. Any help in tracing either Howard or Phyllis, or better still both, would make a friends dream come true as they lost contact through a sudden posting whilst in the army PLEASE REPLY OFF GROUP Chris

Pretty Please could sks look up the surname ISAACS please in poll books or street directories, many thanks. Lesley Ü <http://liverpoolady.weebly.com/> Liverpoolady Family History

Can anyone help here? Hope the list owners do not mind This is going the opposite way but does anyone live near Butte Montana? I am trying to trace an old buddy that was in the US Army in Rendsburg. Germany, about halfway between the Danish border and Hamburg, and the Kiel or Nord sea kanal passed through the Southern edge of the town They also had a son who was born in the Hospital at Rendsburg and a daughter. I knew them as SSG (Staff Sgt) Howard White and his wife Phyllis (Phylis) and it was Phyllis who came from Butte I am trying to find them so an army friend can surprise his wife as they lost touch with them and have been trying to trace them since the 70's PLEASE REPLY OFF GROUP Chris History of the villages of Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm going to the Record Office in Newport tomorrow if anyone would like a look up in the card indexes . I just ask you limit the request to a couple of surnames and not dozens :-) If I am inundated with requests I'll go back next week. Cheers Angela (in Cowes)

Hi Folks, Is anyone researching the CAWS family on the Island Would appreciate a contact if so. Lots of mariners and pilots Phil White in New Hampshire USA Roots in Sussex and IOW

Thanks to those who responded to my question re Census Districts, though I am afraid that path did not help as much as I thought it would Phil White

>Subject: [IoW] Pearl Duncan >Message: 1 Hi Cousin Phil I think I am probably a bit late but the email that I have had from Pearl was from 2003 so do not think it is current, but here it is: pearl@pduncan.freeserve.co.uk >Hi Folks I corresponded with Pearl Duncan regarding my *Fleming* >ancestry but she has changed her email address Hope she still is on >this List as I would like to correspond with her again Phil White >of New Hampshire Roots in Sussex and IOW > Kind regards, Denise B Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - denise@lighthouseelectrical.com

On 31 Jan 2010 at 13:57, Phil White wrote: > Hi Folks. Is there an easy way to find out how the Isle of Wight > Census Districts were set up, and what places were in each district > Phil White in New Hampshire USA Roots in Sussex and IOW < I feel sure the IOW Family History Society should be able to answer your query. Their website can be found at: http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/index.htm Another fairly simple method is to enter a very common name - John Smith, Brown, Jones, etc - into FreeBMD (www.freebmd.org.uk), choosing Isle of Wight as the registration district. Clicking on the underlined blue link named "I.Wight" will take you to other screens that give a complete list of all the places in the RD. Registration districts were used as the basis of census enumeration areas. Also look at the Isle of Wight pages at GENUKI at:- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HAM/IOW/ It's not difficult, really. -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Hi Fellow Listers> >   My grandparents,Bob FORSTER & Alice CREETH were > married 10th October > 1910,in StJohn the Baptist church, Niton Isle-of-Wight,and came to New Zealand > in 1911,the only > members of either family to emigrate & have descendants. Bob's younger brother Robson Cameron (known as BOP)also emigrated & lived for 2yrs in NZ and joined the NZ Forces WW1,invalided back,& died 1919 Auckland NZ. >   Alice Mary CREETH born 1881 Niton,was a > schoolteacher at Niton school, > until her marriage. Her father George William Creeth,had a > plumbing, > joiner,painting business,opposite the church. His mother > Elizabeth Creeth > (nee BRIGHT)owned the thatch roof cottage opposite the > gates of the church. >       The Thomas FORSTER family moved from > Belsay,in Northumberland,circa > 1883/4 to work as gardener/dairyman at "Puckaster" Niton. > Thomas was gored > by a bull,and died 2 days later in 1903. The family stayed > on living in > the gatehouse till circa 1920's. > >      The NZ descendants are planning a > reunion in October 2010 (this year) > to celebrate the 100years of their marriage,and were > wondering if there > might be some senior members who may remember them or the > families,& who > could send some anecdotes they could share with us,to add > to a booklet > on their lives. Regards Heather Forster-Old NZ > > > >

Hi Folks. Is there an easy way to find out how the Isle of Wight Census Districts were set up, and what places were in each district Phil White in New Hampshire USA Roots in Sussex and IOW

Hello Listers, Re Chris's comment I totally agree, and if we know a person has Skype we should talk to each other by email first. Incidentally I only use computer to computer, no phone though that is a low cost phone call Phil

Hello fellow listers, I have been using SKYPE for 2 years or so and I wonder if it would be a good idea for those who have it to let the List know. It makes communication so much more personal if we can see each other, and because its an Internet communication does not incurr any extra cost(if you have broadband and not call up) We use it all the time to communicate with family in the USA, Australia and England, and now I am finding fellow genealogists picking it up. I use a Logitech camera at the recommendation of my computer guru and it has been very reliable and good quality picture. Phil White in USA Roots in Sussex and Isle of Wight

Hello Folks, Some 10 years ago I had some very good help from one Carol Herbert, who while on the Island did a lot of checking of records for me and we corresponded frequently. Does anyone know of her present address T I think she lived in Cypres for part of theyear Phil White

Phil, I and other appreciate your offer. It's the kind of thing that makes the list worthwhile. And I understand with your own surname being White, you might be subconsciously tempted to spell the name of our illustrious isle, White, but it's Wight not white in the light of the place names in Britain. Incidentally, in looking up Wight to see what antecedents it may have sprung from, it's from an Old or (pick your source) Middle English word meaning a human being, in particular a living being. And for those like me who've never played it, the fantasy game, Dungeons and Dragons, so favored by young boys, uses it as a term for a particular kind of "undead creature," whatever that is. And as to your offer, do the surnames Hibberd, Thomas, or Phillips appear among your associated family names? Those are my surnames but mostly in neighboring towns of Ventnor, Newchurch, and Wroxall. Kelvin Kean Elverson, Pennsylvania

Just to clarify things, my list is just a list of the associated family surnames in my Fleming Tree. If you get a copy and find names you are interested in, let me know and I will "cut" those portions from the Fleming Tree and send them to you. Phil White